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Christopher Michael Cline, also known as “Carisa Cline,” 46, of Gaithersburg, has been sentenced to 24 years in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, after pleading guilty to bank robbery and admitting to violating terms of her release for previous federal bank robbery convictions, prosecutors announced.
According to the plea, between January 28, 2021, and Feb. 8, 2021, less than three months after being released from prison, Cline committed a series of bank robberies in Gaithersburg over the course of fewer than two weeks.
Prosecutors said that Cline attempted to rob a bank in Gaithersburg on Jan. 28, 2021, successfully robbed a different bank the following day, and then robbed a third Gaithersburg bank on Feb. 8, 2021, before he was apprehended.
Officials made note that in February 2000, Cline was sentenced to 70 months in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release for a 1999 bank robbery in Berwyn Heights.
According to prosecutors, on Oct. 14, 2004, while serving the final months of that sentence at a residential re-entry facility, Cline absconded and began committing bank robberies the next day.
From Oct. 15, 2004, through Nov. 16, 2004, Cline committed a total of 12 bank robberies and one attempted bank robbery, they added.
Cline was subsequently convicted of federal bank robbery a second time and sentenced to 188 months in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release.
Officials said that he was released from prison on Nov. 9, 2020, and began serving the three-year term of supervised release for each of those convictions.
By committing the 2021 bank robbery, Cline’s third such conviction, Cline violated the terms of supervised release for both previous bank robbery convictions.
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